Data analysis system, data analysis method, and program

ABSTRACT

In the disclosure, a first feature amount extraction unit configured to extract, from time-series data of a plurality of types, a first feature amount representing a feature between dimensions of each data of the time-series data at each time, a second feature amount extraction unit configured to extract, from the first feature amount extracted by the first feature amount extraction unit, a second feature amount representing a feature between the types at each time, a third feature amount extraction unit configured to extract, from the second feature amount extracted by the second feature amount extraction unit, a third feature amount representing a feature between each time, and an analysis unit configured to perform predetermined data analysis through a use of the third feature amount extracted by the third feature amount extraction unit.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a data analysis system, a data analysismethod and a program.

BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, it has become common to perform data analysis such asprediction, classification, and regression of desired events usingtime-series data that can be obtained from various systems such ascommunication networks and sensor groups, for example. There are varioustypes of data in such time-series data, and each type has its owncharacteristics. Examples of such types of data include numerical datathat can have continuous values, discrete values, number of categoriesand the like, and text data in the form of sentences. In the following,data of a plurality of types are also referred to as “multimodal data”.

In addition, time-series data often have periodicity, and it isimportant to understand and extract such periodicity and characteristicsof the above types of data. Various methods of analyzing time-seriesdata have been proposed in the related art. For example, a method isknown in which through learning of a deep neural network (DNN) usinggiven time-series data, future values are predicted using the DNN.

Here, as a method of performing prediction by applying a convolutionalneural network (CNN) to time-series data, a quasi-recurrent neuralnetwork (QRNN) is known (see, for example NPTL 1). In the QRNN, for timet+1, prediction is performed using the entirety of data from 1 to t.Specifically, when time-series data {x1, . . . , xt} is given, xt+1 ispredicted using xt+1=QRNN (x1, . . . xt). In the QRNN, the filter of theCNN learns the relationship between the time series, the cycle componentand the like through learning, and thus the feature in the time-seriesdirection of the data can be extracted.

In addition, as a prediction method for time-series data of sound,Wavenet is known (see, for example, NPTL 2). Since time-series data ofsound has very long-term influence on the relationship between data, theWavenet uses a CNN with xm of a time preceding by m (note that m=2, 4,8, 16, . . . , M) as an input when predicting xt+1 such that therelationship of the long-term data can be extracted. At this time, theWavenet also extracts the relationship between data at the time m in ahidden layer of the CNN.

In addition, as a method for prediction through extraction of featuresof time-series data of a plurality of types, a method called Deepsenseis known (see, for example NPTL 3). In the Deepsense, for data withdifferent multi-dimensional features such as the angular velocity,speed, the relationship between the dimensions in each data at each timeis extracted first by the CNN, then the relationship between each dataat each time is extracted by the CNN, and finally the relationshipbetween the time series is extracted by the recurrent neural network(RNN).

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-   NPTL 1: Bradbury, James, Merity, Stephen, Xiong, Caiming, and    Socher, Richard. Quasi-Recurrent Neural Networks. arXiv preprint    arXiv:1611.01576, 2016.-   NPTL 2: A. van den Oord et al. “WaveNet: A Generative Model for Raw    Audio”. In: ArXiv e-prints (2016).-   NPTL 3: Shuochao Yao, Shaohan Hu, Yiran Zhao, Aston Zhang, and Tarek    Abdelzaher. “Deepsense: A Unified Deep Learning Framework for    Timeseries Mobile Sensing Data Processing”. In Proc. 26th    International Conference on World Wide Web, pages 351-360.    International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee, 2017.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Technical Problem

When performing data analysis of multimodal data, extraction of thefeature of data of a plurality of types requires tasks such asprediction of the overall features of each data after dividing the databased on the types and extracting the features, for example. As such,the QRNN and the Wavenet are not suitable for data analysis ofmultimodal data. While the Deepsense, on the other hand, can performdata analysis on multimodal data, it cannot deal with the case where thetype of data is text data and the like.

In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of an embodiment of thepresent invention is to implement data analysis of time-series data of aplurality of types.

Means for Solving the Problem

To achieve the above-mentioned object, a data analysis system accordingto an embodiment of the present invention includes a first featureamount extraction unit configured to extract, from time-series data of aplurality of types, a first feature amount representing a featurebetween dimensions of each data of the time-series data at each time, asecond feature amount extraction unit configured to extract, from thefirst feature amount extracted by the first feature amount extractionunit, a second feature amount representing a feature between the typesat each time, a third feature amount extraction unit configured toextract, from the second feature amount extracted by the second featureamount extraction unit, a third feature amount representing a featurebetween each time, and an analysis unit configured to performpredetermined data analysis through a use of the third feature amountextracted by the third feature amount extraction unit.

Effects of the Invention

It is possible to implement data analysis of time-series data of aplurality of types.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a drawing illustrating an example of an overall configuration(inference state) of a data analysis system according to an embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a drawing illustrating an example of an overall configuration(learning state) of the data analysis system according to the embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a drawing illustrating an example of a hardware configurationof the data analysis system according to the embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a data analysis processaccording to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a drawing illustrating an example of multimodal data.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a parameter updatingprocess according to the embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

An embodiment of the present invention is described below. In theembodiment of the present invention, a data analysis system 10 that canimplement data analysis of time-series data of a plurality of types isdescribed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that, as anexample, the time-series data to be subjected to the data analysis isdata acquired from a communication network, a sensor group and/or thelike. Accordingly, it is assumed that the time-series data to besubjected to the data analysis is time-series data of a plurality oftypes (i.e., time-series data of multimodal data). Note that examples ofthe data acquired from a communication network, a sensor group and/orthe like include time-series data of numerical data such as a sensorvalue and time-series data of text data such as a system log. Inaddition, the examples also include time-series data of numerical datarepresenting whether an abnormality has occurred in a predetermineddevice (i.e., numerical data that can have discrete values (binaryvalues)) and time-series data of numerical data representing a categoryto which an internet protocol (IP) address belongs.

In addition, as an example, the embodiment of the present inventiondescribes a case where data prediction is performed as data analysis. Itshould be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is notlimited to data prediction, and may also be applied to a case where dataanalysis such as data classification and regression is performed, forexample.

Here, as described above, the QRNN and the Wavenet are not suitable fordata analysis of multimodal data. While the Deepsense, on the otherhand, can perform data analysis of multimodal data, it cannot deal withthe case where the type of data is text data and the like. In addition,the RNN uses xt−k, . . . , xt for prediction of xt+1. At this time, theRNN predicts xt+1 by repeating prediction of xt−k+j+1 from xt−k+j forj=0, . . . , k. This method is also said to cause gradient explosion orgradient disappearance, and even if data up to the time k is used, it isnot clear whether the information of that data is used. Therefore, thedata analysis using the RNN is not suitable for the case where thetime-series data has long-term relationships.

In general, time-series data acquired from systems such as communicationnetworks and sensor groups often have different relationships and cyclesin the time-series direction for each type of data. For this reason, inthe case where the data to be used for prediction is explicitlydetermined and modeled, the time-series data acquired from systems suchas communication networks and sensor groups may not be suitable forprediction, because it may not fit the model depending on therelationship and cycle of the data.

In view of this, in the data analysis system 10 according to theembodiment of the present invention, data analysis such as prediction,classification, and regression is performed by extracting the long-termrelationships and/or cycles in the time-series direction for time-seriesdata of a plurality of types. Note that the data analysis system 10 isset to “learning state” where the parameter and the like of a neuralnetwork are updated using learning data, and “inference state” wheretime-series data is analyzed with a neural network using a learnedparameter.

Overall Configuration

An overall configuration of the data analysis system 10 according to theembodiment of the present invention is described first with reference toFIG. 1 and FIG. 2. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are drawings illustrating anexample of an overall configuration of the data analysis system 10according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Inference State

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the data analysis system 10 in the inferencestate includes a preprocessing unit 101, a first relationship extractionunit 102, a second relationship extraction unit 103, a thirdrelationship extraction unit 104, an output unit 105, a user interfaceunit 106, and a storage unit 110.

Various types of data are stored in the storage unit 110. In theembodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that time-series dataof a plurality of types to be subjected to data analysis are stored inthe storage unit 110 in the inference state.

The preprocessing unit 101 reads the time-series data to be subjected tothe data analysis from the storage unit 110, and performs apredetermined preprocessing on the time-series data. The preprocessingis, for example, converting text data to vector data numerically,normalizing numerical data, separating the entire time-series data bytime windows, or the like.

The first relationship extraction unit 102, which is implemented by aCNN using a learned parameter learned in advance, extracts therelationship (feature) between the dimensions in each data at each timefor each type of data with the time-series data having been subjected tothe preprocessing as an input.

The second relationship extraction unit 103, which is implemented by aCNN using a learned parameter learned in advance, extracts therelationship (feature) between the types of data at each time with thefeature extracted by the first relationship extraction unit 102 as aninput.

The third relationship extraction unit 104, which is implemented by aCNN using a learned parameter learned in advance, extracts therelationship (feature) between the time series of the time-series datato be subjected to the data analysis with the feature extracted by thesecond relationship extraction unit 103 as an input.

The output unit 105 outputs a data analysis result with the featureextracted by the third relationship extraction unit 104 as an input. Atthis time, the output unit 105 outputs a data analysis result using apredetermined function prepared for each type of data. For example, whenprediction and/or regression is performed as data analysis, the outputunit 105 outputs a data analysis result using an identity function. Onthe other hand, for example, when classification is performed as dataanalysis, the output unit 105 outputs a data analysis result using asoftmax function.

The user interface unit 106 provides the data analysis result output bythe output unit 105 to a predetermined user interface (UI). Here, thepredetermined user interface may be a display device such as a display,or a sound output device such as a speaker. Alternatively, the userinterface unit 106 may provide the data analysis result to any userinterface.

Learning State

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the data analysis system 10 in the learningstate includes the preprocessing unit 101, the first relationshipextraction unit 102, the second relationship extraction unit 103, thethird relationship extraction unit 104, the output unit 105, the userinterface unit 106, a parameter updating unit 107, and the storage unit110. Note that the preprocessing unit 101, the first relationshipextraction unit 102, the second relationship extraction unit 103, thethird relationship extraction unit 104, the output unit 105 and the userinterface unit 106 are the same as those of the inference state, andtherefore the description thereof will be omitted. It should be notedthat the first relationship extraction unit 102, the second relationshipextraction unit 103 and the third relationship extraction unit 104 areimplemented with a CNN using an unlearned parameter.

Various types of data are stored in the storage unit 110. In theembodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that learning datafor learning the parameter of the CNN is stored in the storage unit 110in the learning state. The learning data is data composed of time-seriesdata used for learning of the parameter of the CNN and the correctanswer (i.e., teacher data) of the data analysis result of thetime-series data. In the learning state, to learn the parameter of theCNN, data analysis is performed using the time-series data included inthe learning data thereof.

The parameter updating unit 107 updates the parameter of the CNN thatimplements each of the first relationship extraction unit 102, thesecond relationship extraction unit 103 and the third relationshipextraction unit 104 by a known optimization method using the dataanalysis result output by the output unit 105 and the teacher data. Inthis manner, the parameter of each CNN is learned.

Note that the overall configuration of the data analysis system 10illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is merely an example, and otherconfigurations may be employed. For example, the data analysis system 10may be composed of a plurality of devices. In addition, in this case,for example, the functional parts of the data analysis system 10 (thepreprocessing unit 101, the first relationship extraction unit 102, thesecond relationship extraction unit 103, the third relationshipextraction unit 104, the output unit 105, the user interface unit 106and the parameter updating unit 107) may be separately provided in theplurality of devices.

Hardware Configuration

Next, a hardware configuration of the data analysis system 10 accordingto the embodiment of the present invention is described with referenceto FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a drawing illustrating an example of a hardwareconfiguration of the data analysis system 10 according to the embodimentof the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the data analysis system 10 according to theembodiment of the present invention includes an input device 201, adisplay device 202, an external I/F 203, a random access memory (RAM)204, a read only memory (ROM) 205, a processor 206, a communication I/F207, and an auxiliary storage device 208. Each hardware is connected toeach other through a bus B in such a manner as to enable mutualcommunication.

The input device 201 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panelor the like. The display device 202 is, for example a display or thelike. Note that the data analysis system 10 may not include at least oneof the input device 201 and the display device 202.

The external I/F 203 is an interface for an external device. Theexternal device is a recording medium 203 a or the like. Through theexternal I/F 203, the data analysis system 10 can perform reading andwriting in the recording medium 203 a and the like. Examples of therecording medium 203 a include a compact disc (CD), digital versatiledisk (DVD), a secure digital (SD) memory card, and a universal serialbus (USB) memory card. Note that in the recording medium 203 a, one ormore programs that implement the functional parts of the data analysissystem 10 (e.g., the preprocessing unit 101, the first relationshipextraction unit 102, the second relationship extraction unit 103, thethird relationship extraction unit 104, the output unit 105, the userinterface unit 106 and the like) may be recorded.

The RAM 204 is a volatile semiconductor memory that temporarily holds aprogram and/or data. The ROM 205 is a nonvolatile semiconductor memorythat can hold a program and/or data even when the power is turned off.

The processor 206 is, for example, a computation device such as acentral processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU), andexecutes a process by reading a program and/or data from the ROM 205,the auxiliary storage device 208 and/or the like to the RAM 204. Eachfunctional part of the data analysis system 10 is implemented through aprocess executed by the processor 206 based on one or more programsstored in the auxiliary storage device 208, for example. Note that thedata analysis system 10 may include both the CPU and the GPU, or onlyone of the CPU and the GPU, as the processor 206. In addition, the dataanalysis system 10 may include a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)and the like, as the processor 206.

The communication I/F 207 is an interface for connecting the dataanalysis system 10 to the communication network. The one or moreprograms that implement the functional parts of the data analysis system10 may be acquired (downloaded) from a predetermined server device andthe like through the communication I/F 207.

The auxiliary storage device 208 is, for example, a hard disk drive(HDD), a solid state drive (SDD) or the like, and is a nonvolatilestorage device storing a program and/or data. The program and/or datastored in the auxiliary storage device 208 is, for example, one or moreprograms that implements each functional part of the data analysissystem 10 and an operating system (OS), or the like. The storage unit110 of the data analysis system 10 may be implemented using theauxiliary storage device 208. It should be noted that the storage unit110 may be implemented using a storage device connected to the dataanalysis system 10 through the communication network, or the like.

With the hardware configuration illustrated in FIG. 3, the data analysissystem 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention canimplement the data analysis process and/or the parameter updatingprocess described later. Note that in the example illustrated in FIG. 3,the data analysis system 10 according to the embodiment of the presentinvention is implemented with one device (computer), but the presentinvention is not limited to this. The data analysis system 10 accordingto the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented with aplurality of devices (computers). In addition, the one device (computer)may include a plurality of the processors 206 and/or a plurality ofmemories (the RAM 204, the ROM 205, the auxiliary storage device 208 andthe like).

Data Analysis Process A data analysis process in the inference state isdescribed below with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a flowchartillustrating an example of a data analysis process according to theembodiment of the present invention. Note that it is assumed that in thedata analysis process, the parameter of the CNN that implements each ofthe first relationship extraction unit 102, the second relationshipextraction unit 103 and the third relationship extraction unit 104 hasbeen learned in advance.

First, the preprocessing unit 101 reads time-series data to be subjectedto the data analysis from the storage unit 110, and performs apredetermined preprocessing on the time-series data (step S101). Asdescribed above, the preprocessing is, for example, converting text datato vector data numerically, normalizing numerical data, separating theentire time-series data by time windows, or the like.

In the following, it is assumed that the time-series data to besubjected to the data analysis is sectioned into t time windows, andeach time window is associated with one time index for each type ofdata. More specifically, it is assumed that data of a type k at a time tis represented by xkt where k (k=1, . . . , K; note that K≥2) representsthe type of data and t (t is an integer of 1 or more) represents thetime index. In addition, it is assumed that the number of the dimensionsof data of the type k is represented by Nk (note that Nk≥1).

Here, when converting text data into numerical values, the preprocessingunit 101 performs conversion to vector data using templates that arenumbered in advance. More specifically, with the total number of thetemplates as Nk, the preprocessing unit 101 specifies templates thatmatch or resemble to fixed character strings other than variableportions (e.g., character strings representing observation values andthe like) of the text data, and then converts the text data intoNk-dimensional vector data in which only the element corresponding tothe number given to the specified template is 1 and other elements are0.

In addition, for numerical data representing a category to which an IPaddress belongs, the preprocessing unit 101 converts the numerical datainto vector data. More specifically, with the total number of thecategories as Nk, the preprocessing unit 101 converts the numerical datainto an Nk-dimensional vector in which only the element corresponding tothe category to which the IP address belongs is 1 and other elements are0.

In addition, for address data representing an IP address, thepreprocessing unit 101 converts the address data into vector data. Morespecifically, with the total number of IP address spaces as Nk, thepreprocessing unit 101 converts the address data into an Nk-dimensionalvector in which only the element corresponding to the IP address spaceto which the IP address represented by the address data belongs is 1 andother elements are 0.

Note that, in the following, the preprocessing unit 101 also representsdata whose number of the dimensions is 1 (i.e., numerical datarepresented as a scalar) as vector data. In this manner, various typesof data such as numerical data, text data, and address data arerepresented as vector data.

In addition, when the time window corresponding to the time t contains aplurality of vector data, xkt may be representative vector data of theplurality of vector data in the time window or vector data obtainedthrough compilation (such as summing, averaging, and median valuecalculation) of the plurality of vector data in the time window.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of multimodal data in the case where K=2,the type of data of k=1 is numerical data, and the type of data of k=2is text data. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the numerical dataat the time t is represented by one dimension vector data x1t. Inaddition, the text data at the time t is converted into N2-dimensionalvector data x2t, and is represented by the vector data x2t.

Note that FIG. 5 illustrates an example case where the time windowcorresponding to the time t contains only one data. For example, in thecase where the time window corresponding to the time t contains two textdata (first text data and second text data), x2t may be a vector datarepresented by a sum of a first vector in which only the elementcorresponding to the first text data is 1 and other elements are 0 and asecond vector in which only the element corresponding to the second textdata is 1 and other elements are 0, for example.

In addition, as for normalization, the preprocessing unit 101 may dividethe entirety of the time-series data to be subjected to the dataanalysis by the maximum value of the time-series data included in thelearning data for each type k, for example. More specifically, thepreprocessing unit 101 may normalize each vector data xkt for each k andeach t in the following manner.

$\begin{matrix}{{\overset{\hat{}}{x}}_{t}^{k} = \frac{x_{t}^{k}}{\max\limits_{t}\left\{ x_{t}^{k} \right\}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}1} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In the following, normalized vector data is also represented by xkt.

Next, the first relationship extraction unit 102 extracts therelationship (feature) between dimensions in each vector data xkt ateach time t through the use of the vector data xkt on which thepreprocessing has been performed at the step S101 (step S102). Morespecifically, the first relationship extraction unit 102 inputs xkt to a1dCNN (i.e., a CNN for a vector) using a learned parameter and outputs avector expressed in the following Equation 2.

z _(t) ^((1),k)  [Equation 2]

Here, it is assumed that the number of the dimensions of the vectoroutput by the 1dCNN is N1 set in advance. The sliding window and thefilter size of the CNN are adjusted for each k such that the number ofthe dimensions of the vector output by the 1dCNN is N1. In this manner,it is possible to extract the feature amount from the vector data xkt,and set, to the same size, the vector data of different sizes for eachk.

Note that at the step S102, for example, a principal component analysis(PCA), or an encoder of an autoencoder may be used in place of the1dCNN.

Next, the second relationship extraction unit 103 extracts therelationship (feature) between types k of the vector data at each time t(step S103) through the use of the vector data expressed in thefollowing Equation 3 output at the step S102.

z _(t) ^((1),k)  [Equation 3]

More specifically, the second relationship extraction unit 103 creates amatrix expressed in the following Equation 5 in which the followingEquation 4 is arranged in the row direction.

z _(t) ^((1),k)  [Equation 4]

z _(t) ⁽¹⁾ ∈R ^(k×N) ¹   [Equation 5]

Then, the second relationship extraction unit 103 inputs z(1)t to a2dCNN (i.e., a CNN for a matrix) using a learned parameter, and outputsa matrix expressed in the following Equation 6.

z _(t) ⁽²⁾ ∈R ^(k) ² ^(×N) ²   [Equation 6]

Here, k2 and N2 are set in advance. In this manner, it is possible toextract the feature amount between the types k of each data at each timet.

Next, the third relationship extraction unit 104 extracts therelationship (feature) between the time series through the use of thematrix data z(1)t output at the step S103 (step S104). Morespecifically, the third relationship extraction unit 104 creates amatrix expressed in the following Equation 7 in which the matrix dataz(i)t from the time 1 to time t is arranged in the column direction.

z ⁽²⁾ ∈R ^(k) ² ^(×tN) ²   [Equation 7]

Then, the third relationship extraction unit 104 inputs Z(2) to the2dCNN using a learned parameter and outputs a matrix expressed in thefollowing Equation 8.

z ⁽³⁾ ∈R ^(k) ³ ^(×N) ³   [Equation 8]

Here, k3 and N3 are set in advance. In this manner, a feature amountfrom the time 1 to time t can be extracted.

Subsequently, the output unit 105 performs data analysis using thematrix data Z(3) output at the step S104, and outputs a data analysisresult (step S105). Specifically, for example, when prediction isperformed as the data analysis, the output unit 105 predicts xkt+1, andoutputs this xkt+1. As described above, the output unit 105 outputs thedata analysis result through the use of a predetermined function (suchas an identity function and a softmax function) prepared for each type kof the data.

Finally, the user interface unit 106 provides the data analysis resultoutput at the step S105 to a predetermined UI (step S106). In thismanner, the data analysis result is presented to the user.

As described above, the data analysis system 10 according to theembodiment of the present invention extracts the feature between thedimensions of each data at each time, and then extracts the featurebetween each data at each time, and finally, extracts the featurebetween the time series. In this manner, the data analysis system 10according to the embodiment of the present invention can extract thefeature and/or the periodicity in the time-series direction whileextracting the feature of data and the feature between data frommultimodal time-series data, and thus can achieve data analysis ofmultimodal time-series data with a high accuracy.

Parameter Updating Process

A parameter updating process in the learning state is described belowwith reference to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an exampleof a parameter updating process according to the embodiment of thepresent invention. Note that it is assumed that in the data analysisprocess, the parameter of the CNN that implements each of the firstrelationship extraction unit 102, the second relationship extractionunit 103 and the third relationship extraction unit 104 has not yet beenlearned.

The step S201 to step S205 in FIG. 6 are the same as the step S101 tostep S105 in FIG. 4, and therefore the description thereof will beomitted. It should be noted that time-series data included in learningdata is used as time-series data to be subjected to data analysis.

After the step S205, the parameter updating unit 107 updates theparameter of the CNN that implements each of the first relationshipextraction unit 102, the second relationship extraction unit 103 and thethird relationship extraction unit 104 through the use of the dataanalysis result output at step S205 and teacher data included in thelearning data (step S206). Specifically, the parameter updating unit 107updates the parameter of the CNN by a known optimization method so as toreduce errors between the data analysis result and the teacher data. Asthe optimization method, stochastic gradient descent may be used, forexample. In this manner, the parameter of the CNN for implementing thedata analysis process is learned.

Note that the number of the CNN layers, the presence/absence of drop outand the like may be arbitrarily set. In addition, for example, in thecase where the first relationship extraction unit 102 is implementedusing an encoder of an autoencoder, the parameter to be updated is theparameter of the encoder.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments specificallydisclosed above, and various modification and alterations may be madewithout departing from the scope of the claims.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   -   10 Data analysis system    -   101 Preprocessing unit    -   102 First relationship extraction unit    -   103 Second relationship extraction unit    -   104 Third relationship extraction unit    -   105 Output unit    -   106 User interface unit    -   107 Parameter updating unit    -   110 Storage unit

1. A data analysis system comprising: a first feature amount extractionunit, including one or more processors, configured to extract, fromtime-series data of a plurality of types, a first feature amountrepresenting a feature between dimensions of each data of thetime-series data at each time; a second feature amount extraction unit,including one or more processors, configured to extract, from the firstfeature amount extracted by the first feature amount extraction unit, asecond feature amount representing a feature between the types at eachtime; a third feature amount extraction unit, including one or moreprocessors, configured to extract, from the second feature amountextracted by the second feature amount extraction unit, a third featureamount representing a feature between each time; and an analysis unit,including one or more processors, configured to perform predetermineddata analysis through a use of the third feature amount extracted by thethird feature amount extraction unit.
 2. The data analysis systemaccording to claim 1, wherein the first feature amount extraction unitis configured to extract the first feature amount through a use of afirst convolutional neural network using a first learned parameterlearned in advance, a principal component analysis, or an encoder of anautoencoder using a learned parameter learned in advance; wherein thesecond feature amount extraction unit is configured to extract thesecond feature amount through a use of a second convolutional neuralnetwork using a second learned parameter learned in advance; and whereinthe third feature amount extraction unit is configured to extract thethird feature amount through a use of a third convolutional neuralnetwork using a third learned parameter learned in advance.
 3. The dataanalysis system according to claim 1, wherein the analysis unit isconfigured to output a data analysis result from the third featureamount through a use of a function that is prepared for each type of thetypes in accordance with a purpose of the data analysis.
 4. A dataanalysis method of causing a computer to execute: a first feature amountextraction procedure of extracting, from time-series data of a pluralityof types, a first feature amount representing a feature betweendimensions of each data of the time-series data at each time; a secondfeature amount extraction procedure of extracting, from the firstfeature amount extracted by the first feature amount extractionprocedure, a second feature amount representing a feature between thetypes at each time; a third feature amount extraction procedure ofextracting, from the second feature amount extracted by the secondfeature amount extraction procedure, a third feature amount representinga feature between each time; and an analysis procedure of performingpredetermined data analysis through a use of the third feature amountextracted by the third feature amount extraction procedure.
 5. Anon-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing acomputer to execute: a first feature amount extraction procedure ofextracting, from time-series data of a plurality of types, a firstfeature amount representing a feature between dimensions of each data ofthe time-series data at each time; a second feature amount extractionprocedure of extracting, from the first feature amount extracted by thefirst feature amount extraction procedure, a second feature amountrepresenting a feature between the types at each time; a third featureamount extraction procedure of extracting, from the second featureamount extracted by the second feature amount extraction procedure, athird feature amount representing a feature between each time; and ananalysis procedure of performing predetermined data analysis through ause of the third feature amount extracted by the third feature amountextraction procedure.
 6. The data analysis method according to claim 4,further comprising: extracting the first feature amount through a use ofa first convolutional neural network using a first learned parameterlearned in advance, a principal component analysis, or an encoder of anautoencoder using a learned parameter learned in advance; extracting thesecond feature amount through a use of a second convolutional neuralnetwork using a second learned parameter learned in advance; andextracting the third feature amount through a use of a thirdconvolutional neural network using a third learned parameter learned inadvance.
 7. The data analysis method according to claim 4, furthercomprising: outputting a data analysis result from the third featureamount through a use of a function that is prepared for each type of thetypes in accordance with a purpose of the data analysis.
 8. Thenon-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 5, whereinthe program further causes the computer to execute: extracting the firstfeature amount through a use of a first convolutional neural networkusing a first learned parameter learned in advance, a principalcomponent analysis, or an encoder of an autoencoder using a learnedparameter learned in advance; extracting the second feature amountthrough a use of a second convolutional neural network using a secondlearned parameter learned in advance; and extracting the third featureamount through a use of a third convolutional neural network using athird learned parameter learned in advance.
 9. The non-transitorycomputer readable medium according to claim 5, wherein the programfurther causes the computer to execute: outputting a data analysisresult from the third feature amount through a use of a function that isprepared for each type of the types in accordance with a purpose of thedata analysis.